Splendid Hotel La Torre
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Splendid Hotel La Torre from our 7 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Palermo
Hanging with the Mafia!
... of day/night as it was always pitch black. We woke up and checked our watches it was already 0900! We had a shower and set off to find some breakfast and explore the boat we were due to be on for another 10 hours. I must say for a big ferry there was bugger all to do, the weather was also pretty ****** so we couldn’t even go outside! After 20 minutes we had seen all the boat had to offer and proceeded to spend the entire day lazing around our cabin (Thank god we got a ...
Another Day, Another Sicily
... bit of alcohol at lunch.
Upon arrival back at Silver Spirit, there was time to toss in a load of laundry before heading up to the Panorama Lounge for our now traditional 4:45 Team Trivia completion where we improved our position from earlier matches to place second. Our team consists of Joe, the English professor; Bob, the retired HMO creator; John and Irene, a wonderful British couple from Windsor, England and the two of us.
...
Palermo and Monreale
We've received mixed reports of the capital and allowed ourselves just one full day. Our brief visit is made easy thanks to Dario, the proprietor of B&B Novecento who recommends a whole itinerary for us, including the venue for this evening's dinner. First on the agenda is a bus trip out of the city to the surrounding hills and the Norman cathedral of Monreale. We were impressed by ...
Back in Cefalù
Dogs bark and a cockerel crows to wake us early. From our distance, we can't see the previous night's fire damage but the acrid scent of singed ground is on the air. Terre di Himera is smack in the middle of the countryside but it's too far to walk to the Madonie park and its pretty hill villages.
Fabrizio, our co-host rescues ...
Agrigento Archaeological Museum to Terre di Himere
... between Agrigento and Termini Imerese appears fairly barren from the heat. Only approaching our destination did we see much green with fields of artichokes and cabbage.
Maria, the host of Terre di Himera, collects us from the station and drives
to the west of the Himera Archaeological Park where the last of the day's visitors explore the layouts of the ancient city, one of the first Greek settlements ...
Location
Amenities
- Room service
- Restaurant
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking